Blueberries
We started growing blueberries in 2012
It began with an impulse mail-order purchase in 2012.
Admittedly, we were disappointed that they arrived as tiny lifeless sticks, but we did our best to get them into the ground according to the instructions and were rewarded with a few berries that first summer. We were hooked.
Those first few plants suffered through careless abuse during the first two years ... trampled by dogs, kids, not weeded, not always carefully watered ... but still they gave us berries ...
In 2014, we decided to transplant them into whiskey barrels and our blueberry patch is now thriving as a container garden.
Now we're up to 12 barrels!
Current Varieties growing in our "Blueberry Patch"
- Peach Sorbet Brazelberry
- 2014, White Flower Farms - O'Neal (Southern Highbush)
- 2012, Garden's Alive - Pink Lemonade (Highbush)
- 2014, White Flower Farms - Elizabeth
- 2012, Garden's Alive - Ka-Bluey
- 2012, Garden's Alive - Jelly Bean Brazelberry
- 2014, White Flower Farms - Blueberry Glaze Brazelberry
- 2015, White Flower Farms - Raspberry Shortcake Brazelberry
- 2014, White Flower Farms
- I know, not a blueberry... - Northland (Highbush)
- 2014, clearance from Home Depot - Chippewa (Highbush)
- 2014, clearance from Home Depot - Reka
- 2014, clearance from Home Depot - Blue Crop (Highbush)
- 2014, clearance from Home Depot
Fall Creek Nursery has lots of information packed into beautifully organized charts about various Blueberry varieties... It's definitely worth looking over their site for care of blueberry plants ...
Here's a little snapshot of one of the berry bushes with a trackable butterfly!
